Edition 3530: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Patrik and Zsolt are activists and YouTubers representing LGBTQ+ people in Hungary, where a new 'anti-paedophile' law means it is illegal to educate about or to promote LGBTQ+ issues to under-18s. This law follows earlier restrictions by Viktor Orbán's government on trans rights and adoption by gay parents. Patrik and Zsolt think gay people are the latest scapegoats for the governing Fidesz party, but Budapest's Pride parade is an opportunity to protest against the new laws and to rally support.
Focus of the Day Article: Competition between training providers is heating up ahead of the introduction of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam next month, with the University of Law striking a deal with City firm Taylor Wessing. From next year, future trainees at Taylor Wessing will study ULaw’s SQE programme, which will focus on the skills needed to work in commercial law. The profession previously raised concerns that the new qualification route – designed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority – would fail to adequately equip graduates for City work. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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- #Mauritius
has moved a symbolic step closer to wresting control of the Chagos
Islands, in the Indian Ocean, from the UK. The UPU, a UN agency in
charge of the world's postal policies, voted to block the use of UK
stamps from the remote archipelago https://t.co/8VRsOfe2Ua
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- Police forces must be given clearer guidance about when they can use Tasers to control suspects, according to the police watchdog. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has reviewed controversial cases of Taser use https://t.co/OxrSsmv03u
- London firm did not 'exploit' wealthy client in £194k bill dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/7hNBCnV1P
- Court action to be taken against nursery over claims it discriminated against the wife and daughter of Scotland's health secretary. Humza Yousaf said Little Scholars in Broughty Ferry said it had no availability after applying for two-year-old Amal https://t.co/PQ5aJvlkiL
- Spencer Elden, the man who was photographed as a baby on the album cover for Nirvana's Nevermind, is suing the band alleging sexual exploitation. The cover depicts Elden as a four-month-old in a swimming pool, grasping for a dollar bill https://t.co/Q5CXb1fcen
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- Workers
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The bank’s announcement comes after the Food and Drug Administration
gave full approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus shots #US https://t.co/RqogdYoesE
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- Tokyo is a fast-paced city full of high rise buildings and a public transport system to envy. Some people call it futuristic - but how does the home of the delayed 2020 Paralympics shape-up for disabled people? https://t.co/1NcjMaJBnN
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